deminuere Save DMLBS deminuere [CL] , to diminish, reduce; b (w. abstr. obj.) to lessen, weaken, impair. V. et. diminuere 2. ~te, gewanude vel gelytlade GlH D 163; s1337 (v. consummatio d). b 805 hanc largitionem ‥ si quis ~erit, ‥ ~etur sibi gloria in Christo CS 322.